Rail-lubricating device



Jan. 13, 1931. F. GUSTET AL 18930() RAIL LUBRICATING DEVICE A FiledMarch 5,1929 2 sheets-sheet 1 F. GUST ET AL RAIL LUBRICATING DEVICE Jan.13, 1931.

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Patented Jan. 13,1931

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' FnANx'eUsT ANDEVART W. niiiiraivuv, 0F CHICAGO, .ILLINOISRAIL-LUBRICATING DEVICE Appiieatimil inea March Y5,

rlhis invention relates to a rail lubricating device, andI moreparticularly to a device Vfor automatically applying lubricant to Vrailsof railwayA tracks at the curves. i.; 'An object of this Vinvention isto provide an eiiicient and positively operating device which willautomaticallyapply lubricant to the inward sideof a'track railA at acurve through the a'ctionofJa wheel passing thereover. Another object'is toprovide a rail lubricating device which will'automa-tically applythe lubricant to the sidevof the rail with a combined: motion ofpressing toward the rail and sweeping across said side there- I3rof,'ina .manner lsimilar-to thepresent manual. applying of `lubricant withl agreasing.

paddle.. j A lfurther lobject is toprovide such a device with apaddle-like lubricant applying member, .and -a feeding member attachedthev feeding andapplying means, and to have wheel-actuatedspring-retracted operating means for operating said forcing means andsaid feeding -meansr'to feed and apply lubricant witli acombinedpressing and sweeping motion' tothe side ofthe rail Still anotherobjectis ,to provide the device with a supporting plate. orV vmember mountedunderneath the frail, on which Yis mounted the reservoir withthe feedingand applyinginieans also the operating lever aor with thelwheel-actuatedV spring-retractedy meanstliereon, to actuate they force.feed nieansfand applying means for 'positively feedingthelubricant.

y These'and otherobjects and advantages are attainedwith thisfinvention,as. will become apparent from the following descripeef tion,ftaken-ineonnectionfwith the accom- 1929. semi-'Na l3445122;Y

panying drawings which form ai part of this application.V s l YReferring to the drawings; Fig. l -'s a planvie'v off the preferred formof construction embodying our inventionT 651: mounted in positionon atrack rail g" L Fig. 2 is a. vertical sectional view; taken on line 2-2of Fig.` l, showing partsfiireleivation; Y vl 7 Y F ig. 3 is an endelevation,1showingtliexlfl .vliee'l-actuated operating members; i Fig. f@is an enlarged vertical vsectional viewtaken Online of.F ig;2;.l Fig. 5is a 'vertical ysection;showing; the positionl of the operatingmembersydepressedv 65' by'awhe'el'passing thereover; :f Fig. '6 is an elevationof the l'i'ibric-ant.applying member; v i Fig. 7 is a' horizontalsectional; view, taken online-7 7 of-Fi`g-..6;- and- Fig. 8 isahorizontal sectional vie-w showing 4the means' for. forcing and holdingthe pawl away from the.ratchet'member'.v f

Ink the drawings we halveillustrated our invention in its preferredAform oflc'onstruc- 75 tion, and in connection with a raily l() ofV aVv vrailway track over which the wheel .11 travels.V vThis preferredforni"comprisesYa.v supporting plate or member 12 for.sui'aport-.-Y

V ing the mechanism, 'said/plate being.mounted "8o beneath the'railandsecured thereto,prefer-'-Y Y ably byy means of .angle'members:forangleI washers 13' and hook bolts on.members.lt-v extendingthrough thepla-te and anglemeinbers, substantially as'shown. y'lheplatedl2'f85Y is provided with depending flanges 15,; andiA these areextended: longitudinally "beyond:- the top part of the plate havingtheir lower f edges tilted inwardlyto provide supporting fianges 16; 1.L fl A lubricant container or source vof. supply Y 17 is provided and ismounted upon the supporting flanges i6. jtiis pref erably intlie forniof a cylindrical'.reservoir;and provided with -a dischargeportion./oi.chamber@18 which iszdetach'ably connected tothe reser-` voirby neck` parts 17 vand lBon saidv reservoir and portioin a one-wayvalveVY 19 inV the neck vpermitting movement only of v the lubricantfrom -saidreservoir into-A sa'idf; por-` t100 tion. Said portion 18 isset in a notch in plate 12 and supported on the plate by ears or lugs18".

llleans 20 is provided for applying the lubricant to the side of therail, and .means 21 for feeding the lubricant to this applying means.This feeding means is preferably in the form of a tube having its upperend opening into the applying means, and having its'lower end dippingVinto the lubricant in the discharge portion orchamber 18 of thereservoir, to force the lubricant, by its downwardly dipping movement,up into said applying means. Said tube 21 is slidably mounted in a ball22 rotatably mounted ina socket part 23 provided at the top of thechamber, whereby said tube is afforded a sliding anda swinging movement.`The tube has a valve 21 in its lower end.

The applying means isvarranged to serve the purpose of a rail greasingpaddle, and is therefore preferably formed like a hollow paddle orchannel-shaped,.having its mouth or open side facing the inner sideofthe 25 rail', substantially as shown in the drawings. The upperl openend of `feed tube21 is placed about centrally in this hollow interior ofthis channel-shaped paddle. A web. or plate 24, which preferablycontains perforations 25 therein, is mounted centrally acrossthe openmouth of this channelshaped memberto assist in moving the lubricanttoward the ends thereof, so as to spread said lubricant and extend itevenly outward beyond the edges atthe open mouth of said channel-shapedapplying means 20, for applying it evenly to the side of the rail.

Means is provided for forcing the lubricant forward in the reservoir andthrough 1 its valve 19 into chamber 18, and this means preferablyincludes .a pistonv 26 slidable Vin said reservoir and actuated. -by`automatically operated means, asV ascrew or worm 27 secured to thepiston and slidably mountedv in sleeve means 28 on a bracket 29 providedin a tubular cap Y3() lwhich is c. detachably mounted on the end of thereservoir, as by pin and'slot means 31V and 32. A key 33 in sleeve means28 engages in a groove in said screw 27to prevent'rotating said screw;and a ratchet member 34 is.

mounted in said sleeve'means and is threaded on said screw, so that byrotating said ratchetY member the screw and piston will be slidlongitudinally of lthe reservoir, but will not-rotate due to key 33.

Means. for. actuating ratchet member 34 and therewiththe piston includesa trip rod 35 mounted with bracket means 36 onl the outside ofsupporting flange 16,"the` inner end of said rod extending'at theinsideof ange 15 and having a bent operating end 37 thereon. Y has a bent part38 extending Vthrough'a slot son The opposite endof this rod 35V in thetubular cap 30 and carrying a p awl 40 thereon for engaging the ratchetteeth 41 on ratchet member 34 to rotatesaid member for sliding thepiston and screw. A nut or member 42 on the end of said screw has -afinger 43 `for engaging a lug 44 on said pawl to release said pawl andhold it out of operation when said piston and screw arrive adjacenttheir limit of inward movement; therebyA providing means forrenderingthe forcing means inoperative, to avoid injury to the mechanism`when the piston approaches the inner end of the reservoir.

rlhe means for operating the device through the action of a wheel on thetrack rail comprises an operating lever 46 fulcrumed at one end vin abracket 47 mounted in plate 12, the forward part or opposite end of saidlever being Vbent upward Vto form `an arm 48 arising through a slot intheplate,

adjacent chamber18,. and having -a collar 49 pivotedat its upper end,said collar being clamped oli-tube 21 for swinging and sliding said tubein ball 22by the operation of said lever. An operatingrod; 50has ayokeor knuckle 51' threaded :at "its lower end to adjust said rod for railsof dierent heights,

and said yoke 51 is Ypivoted to therinterme-v diate part of lever-46.The forward partlofthe leverV also operates the'inner end'37 of:

trip rod 35.

Said rod 50 arises above plate.

12 and bears. a collar 52 at'its upper end,

wherein isi mounted. a stud bolt 53v secured wlth its head plate 54 ontoan operating bal' or Toke 55 having its` down-turned ends 55 Y Yslidablymounted in brackets `56 fastened to the web ofthe rail. Aspring57` on said rod 50 automatically retracts or returns :the

various members to thefformer positionsgas the wheell leavestheoperating bar 55. Operation ofthe device: v.

Whena car wheel l1 travels over the track rail 10 and 'passes-over theoperating bar of our device attached to said rail 1 said bar 55 isdepressed vthereby actuating 'f `v the operating lever 46 tojmove thefeed tube 21 and dip or slide its lower end through ball 22 into thelubricant in discharge chamber 18, therewith swinging said tube and itsattached vapplying' means 20 away from thel side* of the vrail andldownwardly, and causing the semi-plastic orgrease-like lubricantused'hereinV to be fed or forced upwards through tube 21 into means 2Oso'as to be extended or bulge'd outwardly a short distance beyond theedges at the open mouth of said-means, for application to the sideV ofthe rail thereafter. In the meantime said lever-46 has" also actuatedtrip rod 35 and pawl40 carried on itsend 38 thereby rotating ratchetmember 34 andsliding plston 26 inwardly in the reservoir,A to forciblyfeedY a 'quantityof lubricant through yalveV 19 into Vchamber 18, thereto bey positively Vfed or forcedthroughfthe descendlng tube 21 maar-uoys and the applying means 20 to bulge from the open mouth thereof.

Upon the passing of wheel il from the operating bar55, the retractingspring 57 Aeleva-tes said bar 55 with operating rod 50H and retracts orreturns the operating memcomprising a lubricant container, means forapplying lubricant to the side of the rail, tubular feeding meansbearing said applying means and extending therefrom into said Ycontainer, and automatically operated means foi-dipping one end of saidtubular means into the lubricant in said container and also to swingsaidtubular means with said applying means toward the side of the railto apply the lubricant thereto with a sweeping movement. Y

2. 1A lubricating device for a track rail,

comprising a lubricant container, a channelshaped applying member havingits open channel-mouth facing the side of the rail, tubular feedingmeans bearing said channelshaped member at the upper end and having thelower end slidable into the lubricant in said container, and means forswinging said tubular means Yand Ysliding said lower endY into saidlubricant in said container to feed it through said open mouth forapplication to .the rail.

3. A rail lubricating .device comprising a lubricant container andturnable means thereon, an applying member having an open mouth facingvthe yside of the rail, av

feeding member bearing said .applying member thereon and being mountedin and swingable with said turnable means to take lubricant from saidcontainer-and feed it to the applying member, means for forcinglubricant in said container toward said feed-V ing member, and meansautomatically operated for simultaneously actuating said feedingmemberand said forcing means to positively feed lubricant to the openmouth of said applying member. Y

4. A rail lubricating device comprising a reservoir including acontracted `part with a i discharge chamber thereon, means for forclcoing lubricant through said reservoir and part into said dischargechamber, means in said part to prevent return of said lubricant fromsaid chamberto said reservoir, a tubular feed member mounted to slidewith one end into said chamber and carrying lubricant applying means atits Vother end, andV s lubricant meansY for actuatings'aid tubularmember with its applying `means and also said forcingn'feanssimultaneous'ly.y

5; A; ma' nari@atingV device empfang a 'reservoirhaving a dischargechamber, a lubricant applying r'ueni-ber,Y` 'a tubular feed member1bearing said applying member at one end, and universally movablemeans'on said chamber Wlhei'fe'by said tubular member has its votl1'ei-\e,`ndmountedto slide intoffsaidchamber and fito 'swing'with'said means@ -6. Arail Ylubricating device comprisinga lub-ricantcontainer, atubular'member carrying a lubricant applying member 'at one end, andlball and Vsocketlmeans -provided on; said containerwherein said tubularmember slides at -itsfother end 'to'dip into the lubricant intl-iefcontainer and "wl-1'crew-ithl it swings to move said applyingmembery for applyingk lubricant with a pressi-ng `and vsweeping motionacrossth'e side "of the rail. j Q

'7. Al raillubricatiing device comprising a reservoir having adischargel'aor'tion thereon,

afp'iston in said reservoir for forcing lubricantV kto said portiom atubular member mount-ed to move with one-end intof'theflubricant .insaid portion, an applyiiig-memberY mountedon thefother' end of saidtubular member, and operatingY means to Vforce said piston and -toswingsaid tubular member with itsl applying member forappl'yinglubricant vwith a 'sweeping motionzmross` the s side ofthe rail.y

8. "A 'rail' lubricating device comprising ka container, lubricant meansand feeding lmeans connecting said applying means with said container,`a 'pivote'd operating lever pivotally connected withsa'idfeedingfmeans'to swing the same, and fmeans to operate 4sai-'dlever-to swing andslide said feeding ineans respect to said' container.f s Y .s

r9.- A rail lubricating device 'comprising-a lubricant f container, asupporting member fastenedunderneiath the rail fo-rfsupporting vtheVdevice, means carrying" the *latter and feeding it fromthe l:containerand Vbei-ng positioned -be- 'Y tween the rails, a lever extending.underneaththe rai-landbeing'pivotedronsaid supportingmemberandfconnected to said 'feeding means, and An'iean's onthe 'outwardside ofthe frailjtio operate saidv lever to actuate sai-df'eeding meansfor moving said apply- Ying'meanstoward- 'arrd upwards Aacross the Sn-eof 'the ma. s Y

. 1,0? A rail lubricating device Comprising supporting member'securedunderneaththe i i rail, a` lubricant Y container mounted thereon,applying' means and a feeding member conido 'applyingv means and feedingnecting it :with vsaid container', a lever on said supporting memberand. connected to Y said feeding member, means for forcing flubricant'in said container to said feeding i member, V'and-means for ,lautomatically op- A' said supportingmember and pivotally conc into saidapplying means..

nected tosaid feeding meansiandV arranged to actuate the latter' andAthe iforcing means, and spring retracted meansactuatedv by a Wheel'onther-ail for-operating said lever.

12. A raillubricating device comprisinga;

lubricant container, means for applying lubricant and means for ,feedinglubricant thereto from the container, lever means con-V nected With saidfeedingmeansatone .side of the rail, a spring retracted member attheother side `of the rail arising lfronisaid rlever means. for operatingit in.V reverse directions,

VandV aii-aoperati1ig bar depressed by a .Wheel on the rail tomovesaidjmember lfor Operai-, Dg.-S2d,-1BV.1, andffeeding and applyingmeans.Y e, n 13;;Arail lubricating device comprising a lubricantcontaineiymea'ns :forfeedinglubri- Y cant therefrom and` fon applying ittothe side of the rail, means for forcinglubricant in said containertorsaid feeding and applying means, a lever and ineansjfoizactuatingthereby the forcing means and the feeding i and applyingnieans, a springretracted membei' arising from said lever, and an operating barldepressed by a Wheel on the rail `and attached to said Y member foroperating' v said lever and device to positively vforce lubricant .14. Avlubricating device for a. track. rail, comprising a supporting membersecured underneathgr the rail, a lubricantcontainer mounted thereon, anapplying member, a

feedingymembeir carrying ysaid applying!! member and being Vmovable intov,saidconf tainer to feed lubricant-therefrom to said applyingmember,means for forcing lubricant throughsaid container to said feedingmember, a lever mounted on said supporting f member ,andbeings-connected to saidfeedmgV V- ineans :for swinging: and sliding Aitwith respecttosaid container,j trip ,means actuated byl said leverforoperating said forcing u means, a spring lretracted member foroperating said lever'in reverse directions, and anoperating barconnected to'said operating member and actuated by a; Wheel onjthe railfor operating the device. l j j y; n testimonywhereof we havesigned ournames to this specification. j i i Y FRANK ,GUSLV c EVART XV. 'IHAMANN.-

